River Tamar
River Tamar, Endsleigh water
River Tamar, Endsleigh water is a fishing beat on the River Tamar.
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Fishing details
River Tamar, Endsleigh water at a glance
- Rods
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- Difficulty
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- Length
- 12 miles
- Water type
- main river
Fishing methods
This is Endsleigh Fishing Club’s water on the lower River Tamar: twelve miles of both banks, from Greystone Bridge down to Inghers Meadow above Calstock, on the border between Devon and Cornwall. The club is on the Devon bank. It divides the water into six beats fished in rotation, with two rods on each beat each day. Each beat has ten to twelve named pools, and Beat 6, which begins below Horsebridge, runs on through Gunnislake Weir into tidal water. This listing covers all six together.
The club says the fishing is almost exclusively fly, with a double handed salmon rod of 14 to 15 feet recommended for long casts and chest waders needed in most wading pools. It also has sea trout, which are fished by day and especially in the evening, and brown trout, which anyone who has paid for a salmon rod may fish. The season starts on 1 March and ends on 30 September for trout and on 14 October for salmon. Boats are kept at Woodtown, Parsons and Leighwood Waterfall.
The club offers some day rods through the season, booked through the club. Membership is rare.
Stocking and fish species
Rules and policies
Fishing rules for River Tamar, Endsleigh water
Members of Endsleigh Fishing Club, or visitors with a booked day rod. Two rods on each beat each day. Worming and prawns are not allowed, and treble hooks are not allowed with any method. Spinning is very occasionally allowed in unusually high water, and only with the ghillie’s permission. Until 16 June anglers are asked to use single hooks or crimp the barbs. Every salmon and any sea trout of 3lb or more must be returned, apart from a fish bleeding so badly after 16 June that it is unlikely to survive release. Knotless mesh nets only. Dogs are welcome under effective control. Night fishing for sea trout is dangerous, so tell the ghillie where and when you will fish. You need a valid Environment Agency rod licence.
Where River Tamar, Endsleigh water is
Exact location is hidden at the owner's request. This beat is on the River Tamar.
Approximate locationThe river
River
The River Tamar forms most of the border between Devon and Cornwall, which is why it sits here under Devon only. It rises on a high, windswept plateau close to the north Cornish coast, then turns its back on the sea and runs south across the whole peninsula to Plymouth Sound, about 61 miles in all. Up in the…
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